SHOREWALL\-ROUTES
Section: Configuration Files (5)
Updated: 04/11/2019
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NAME
routes - Shorewall file
SYNOPSIS
-
/etc/shorewall[6]/routes
DESCRIPTION
This file was added in Shorewall 4.4.15 and is used to define routes to be added to provider routing tables.
The columns in the file are as follows.
PROVIDER
-
The name or number of a provider defined in
m[blue]shorewall-providersm[][1]
(5). Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.14, you may also enter
main
in this column to add routes to the main routing table.
DEST
-
Destination host address or network address.
GATEWAY (Optional)
-
If specified, gives the IP address of the gateway to the DEST.
Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.14, you may specify
blackhole
in this column to create a
blackhole
route.
Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.15, you may specify
prohibit
or
unreachable
in this column to create a
prohibit
or
unreachable
route respectively.
DEVICE (Optional)
-
Specifies the device route. If neither DEVICE nor GATEWAY is given, then the INTERFACE specified for the PROVIDER in
m[blue]shorewall-providersm[][1]
(5). This column must be omitted if
blackhole,
prohibit
or
unreachable
is specified in the GATEWAY column.
OPTIONS (Optional)
-
Added in Shorewall 5.0.2.
Allowed options are:
persistent
-
If specified, the route remains in the provider's routing table even when the provider is disabled.
FILES
/etc/shorewall/routes
/etc/shorewall6/routes
SEE ALSO
m[blue]http://www.shorewall.net/configuration_file_basics.htm#Pairsm[][2]
shorewall(8)
NOTES
- 1.
-
shorewall-providers
-
http://www.shorewall.org/manpages/shorewall-providers.html
- 2.
-
http://www.shorewall.net/configuration_file_basics.htm#Pairs
-
http://www.shorewall.org/configuration_file_basics.htm#Pairs